Residents of Golan Heights hold protest rallies to condemn Trump's decision

The local population in Syria's Golan Heights held protest rallies to deplore US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Israel's annexation of the occupied region.

SANA news agency reported that the residents of the villages of Majdal al-Shams, Baqa'atha, Mas'adeh, Ain Qineh in occupied Golan rallied in Baqa'atha to blast Trump's measure.

They carried Syria's flag, chanting slogans against Trump's "illegal" remarks and stressing the Arab nature of Golan.

The protestors underlined continued resistance against the US-Israeli plots and measures, saying that occupied Golan should be liberated and returned to Syria.

Trump last Monday formally recognized the usurper regime’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, reversing decades of United States’ policy in this regard. The announcement came as the illegal entity’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House in a trip.

World nations and prominent international rights groups condemned the recent decision by Trump to recognize Israel’s “sovereignty” over the Syrian Golan Heights, which has been under the Tel Aviv regime’s occupation for more than 50 years but belongs to Syria.
Last Thursday, large groups of people in different Syrian provinces continued rallies for several consecutive days to protest at Trump's recognition of Israeli occupation over Syria's Golan Heights.

The Arabic-language service of SANA news agency reported that a large number of people and civil activists in different parts of Syria, including Hasaka, Quneitra, Aleppo and Sweida, held protest rallies to condemn Trump's decision.

Protestors slammed Trump for declaring the Zionist regime of Israel's sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, stressing that the Syrian nation may never compromise its sovereignty right over the region.

The protestors said that the US decision is aimed at increasing tensions in the region, stopping Syria's war on terrorism and meeting Israel's goals, and underlined the need for the Syrian Army to liberate the region.

EA